Let me warn you in advance....this post may be a little graphic.
The Lord gave me a dream last night. There was an image of my redeemed soul on my toilet, like a reflection on the water, that had been placed there the last time I had gone to the bathroom. When I peed on it, it dissolved.
I believe that the Lord spoke to me concerning this, and said that when I had my experience of being redeemed in 1989, that it created an image of my redeemed self, when I defecated (going #1 in my toilet) on who I was before my redemption, accepting the reality of Jeremiah 17:9.
And I believe that He is saying that by defecating (going #1) on the image of who I became back then, that that image will be dissolved and a new image will be able to form.
I am to consider that who I am in the flesh is that I am "the chief of sinners" and that my "heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).
In taking on this attitude that who I am in the flesh is sinful, God tells me that He considers that I have "an honest and good heart" (Luke 8:15). He will create me in a new image of redemption as I "defecate" on my old image of redemption...saying that it is a Jeremiah 17:9 heart.
As I continue to take on the attitude that I have a Jeremiah 17:9 heart, God will respond with justification in my life; saying that my heart is a Luke 8:15 heart.
How I perceive myself will always be different than how God sees me.
If I think of myself as good, the Lord will think of me as evil.
But if I think of myself as evil, the Lord will be able to change my behaviour as I rely on the Holy Spirit to live His life in me and through me; and thus the life that is lived out in my flesh will be one of bearing the fruit of goodness (Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:22-23).
In seeing myself as evil, I will be less inclined to live my own life and will be more inclined to allow Christ to live His life in me and through me.
Thus a new image of redemption will be formed as who I was before dissolves because I disrespect the old image by counting it as a Jeremiah 17:9 heart.
The Lord gave me a dream last night. There was an image of my redeemed soul on my toilet, like a reflection on the water, that had been placed there the last time I had gone to the bathroom. When I peed on it, it dissolved.
I believe that the Lord spoke to me concerning this, and said that when I had my experience of being redeemed in 1989, that it created an image of my redeemed self, when I defecated (going #1 in my toilet) on who I was before my redemption, accepting the reality of Jeremiah 17:9.
And I believe that He is saying that by defecating (going #1) on the image of who I became back then, that that image will be dissolved and a new image will be able to form.
I am to consider that who I am in the flesh is that I am "the chief of sinners" and that my "heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked; who can know it?" (Jeremiah 17:9).
In taking on this attitude that who I am in the flesh is sinful, God tells me that He considers that I have "an honest and good heart" (Luke 8:15). He will create me in a new image of redemption as I "defecate" on my old image of redemption...saying that it is a Jeremiah 17:9 heart.
As I continue to take on the attitude that I have a Jeremiah 17:9 heart, God will respond with justification in my life; saying that my heart is a Luke 8:15 heart.
How I perceive myself will always be different than how God sees me.
If I think of myself as good, the Lord will think of me as evil.
But if I think of myself as evil, the Lord will be able to change my behaviour as I rely on the Holy Spirit to live His life in me and through me; and thus the life that is lived out in my flesh will be one of bearing the fruit of goodness (Galatians 2:20, Galatians 5:22-23).
In seeing myself as evil, I will be less inclined to live my own life and will be more inclined to allow Christ to live His life in me and through me.
Thus a new image of redemption will be formed as who I was before dissolves because I disrespect the old image by counting it as a Jeremiah 17:9 heart.